Keyboardist Steve Tromans has been widening his musical experience over the past two or three years, beginning with a spell in Mongolia and ending up in Italy in Carpi, Italy.

In between, he stopped off in such places as Russia, China, Oman and Dubai.

The Steve Tromans Trio plays at The Yardbird in Birmingham on Thursday augmented by special guest orator Sid Peacock.

Tromans is feeling nostalgic for his days as a member of the house band of the long-lost Fiddle’n’Bone pub and will be dusting off some old pieces that he penned in that late-1990s period.

The gig will combine oldies with premieres as Tromans also unveils material written during his recent travels.

The trio line-up is completed by bassman Chris Mapp and drummer Miles Levin.

Mister Peacock will be joining these three for the evening’s second half for a new setting of Gregory Corso’s Bomb, continuing the Tromans beat-poet series that has already paid homage to the hip-speak of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.

Tromans was one of the most vibrant young personalities on the pre-2006 Midlands jazz scene, and maybe he’s going to be around here long enough to reclaim his old position.

Besides a general musical vitality, that’s another reason to check out this already compelling gig.